Sharp County record., 1887-09-22
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ae A0a ~ Davis, the railroad man W.
oaga JOS .,,J tried in the Federal Court a.
ducss Rs rocen,iy y, charge Of robbing freight
tue MI ~ Missouri, Kansas Ie1aS
wesp rs On W Muskogee, l. T., and Deni-
| his d nd' pe'" ". convicted on six counts,
L uphk - snfitles him to six years III ~ ~
|lrst h llcn en'ls 70 tba court feels disposed 10
all u - hin, tbe limit of the law
Pnd Na 70 l'.1 powe. twelve.year-old BOY, was
les An hoeis Of the Union Depot in Llttle
|aumsnb una uss Mornings since by G. ID. COW
with b 'ck = -" Mountain railroad car-sealer'
will ds y an NJ ,;r,ad with his father and step.
Iva ether In that city, and was III IT, W is sun.
| as rule running away from nome ~ .uitcb
|Vided b .sd he len asleep on one Oh 'ne om'o a.
nlngs 49, N the yard. 1t is not kho%h ,1;,iod %
red qOs ~ bonr or by what train ne was osOd hl
iourt@ To- Jos Merritt, of Faulkner County, cna,
|l'anda ~ ,onrder was examined lew u%y w
hunds w. ~ =, Iittle Rock before Judge JOS w:
hunds Iii, and admitted to bail in tne sum =.
bitten < nna w. np the night Of July 81 ne sno.
|iredpt = x;,,ed Riley Evans, in the lower par
! hunda T.,,,kner County. He at the same tlino
teen hu, = md seriously wounded brotneI W
|cOld vel ~ ,,s, tiled He was denied bail Dy Vne
yards samining justice. odon+od bv
|Vard, THE gold badges, which were auopVou ~
ht r, NC etSts FL. pross Association at its last
conn. e'~' "a now ready for delivery by
hich @ naRer. Mr.. ]. V. Zimmerman, OF hl'Vl0
! haoct The design is neat ana apPio'
hundr .;s "a ono. a quill crossed by the leteers'
); all ID p 4 and it has been tastefully execuO
len as n nnder the immediate care OF mr'
b ceat - Iotferson. Members of the assocla-
all IN will be promptly served WIFI 'n'ni "
ed @ssodine to Mr.. Zimmerman.
|he LOr ns-e2oor Hughes has been invited 10
led Sta, 10 dinner to be given at fnliaueipn,o,
over ,e nth, by the Hiberian Society IN eonui 1Ho
Of th the centennial anniversary % Un0
h cent? ronnleation of the Federal CONSTITUTION
resident Cleveland has accepted an IN
|meh tation to be present at the meeting on
minga, 18th there will be grand procession
limited States officials in which Ine
ovarnors of the States are expecte q 10
u.s. ppear. .oa from Lafav.
ing II {te County Two Irishmen got into
mnken ouarrel at Lees store, on Long
conya r.nch. when one Of them drew knit Q
tower nd stabbed the other, inficting wound
l. Ih} hitch resulted in death next day. A citl-
| only IN bv the name of Woods undertook TO ar
|reyeab sst tbe murderer and hold him until an
dress t3icer could be found. The murderer then
! CLOCK ftacked Woods, who killed him instantly
iOrTn,; i'm shotgun. Woods surrendered TO
In sun eprtv sheriff and was acquitted.
gafa1 Governor Hughes has pardoned Ben fet-
Oh h' i. convicted in January, 1882, in Whlte
Vesh ',ountv. and sentenced to ten years in the
|ley di1 anitenfiary for robbery and assault with
| 0IHi - ~. r. onnaora6 from fhp Stato-
|PuSG TENT of the circuit judge that Pettls
mO @ hould have been convicted on but one OIL
| uvgl ense, and on that he should be pardoned'
~ iVm 'ettis was but sixteen years old when the
ne fFense was committed has behaved well
u ince Incarceration, and in view OF THESE
slI acts, many citizens asked for the pardon,
gu" which was granted
Onsa Sheriff w. H. Briggs and County
10 u, M treasurer j. W. Bishop, of Howard
nav county, this State recently applied to
~ Governor Hughes for permission to convey
'nuS As.s Jack to Howard County the convict
"iI ,.s 9eoree Anderson, arrested a few days
uu previous in Argenta. The warrants found
|m !" ,n Anderson when arre/ted have been
||uV' ..' y IDENTIFIED by Treasurer Bishop as part OF
;he fund in his possession at the time the
y a. - safe IN his office was blown open. 1t is
| ,ss thought that two other men now under ar
rn.a est can be convicted with Anderson's
tyeS testimony.
I.t,s Balloon ascens ions, bicycle races, shoot
br ing tournament with rifle and shotgun by
|nch pBogardus and Gary, are among the at
tbs fractions promised for the North Arkansas
e,se lair IN Harrison, October 5 to 8. There
/ byawilI also be trOtting, running and pacing
ro~o Aoi iI,y fpr auupaUatipp xSllD
kOud and Big show Of fireworks on Thursday
October 8. The premium list
be eth sums up 81 800.
rect The work of opening up the Little Rock
| ar kbluo frantic quarres is progressing rap
htaidly.
hw The Little Rock & Alexandria people
|rs Claim Mat their road will be in operation
|s within a year.
! bid Within two months Little Rock will
| iunl have mother line of railway; the st.
|I asL Louis, arkansas G. Texas.
| slTF Prof 7. L. Cox of Morrillton, has charge
Of rof the Educational department of the State
b Exposition in Little Rock.
scte Arkansas County sportsmen have been
tb having bad luck, and say that owing to
hithe wet spring the supply Of prarie
Il thlchicken is short.
|tafn Colonel Worthington, of Polk County, is
|at preparing fine mineral exhibit for that
county, He has already collected 1900
In ppounds of specimens and is still working.
Probably the biggest pair of horns ever
r. carried by deer in Arkansas were those
BRIG borne By the deer which j. S. Wilson killed
near conway in Faulkner County the
|ks other day. They will be sent to the State
V% Exposition in Little Rock.
|la Acting Postmaster-General Stevenson
Pna has directed that the post-office at Benton.
DID vile be made presidential in October.
|ao A new enterprise is on the tapis at Ber'
Cn yryyille. 1t is proposed that driveway be
|s'a opened from town out to the summit of
y! nister bills and thence to Mount Eagle,
where the new medical spring is.
~ party of hunters recently killed cou-
'~ gar OF Mexican lion in the edge of the
river bottoms ten miles off from Lewis.
|cr Vile The animal was shot twice with a
~ shotgun and once with Winchester rife.
~. Clark County hunters who go out after
| ~ deer and return without even q venison
| steok efe consoling themselves with the
|, 1oueht that the possum and 'tater"
| '.,s crop "a soon be ripe.